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FRETEL QUIROZ, Nicolás Magno et al. Dependence on the use of cell phones by health professionals in a hospital in Pucallpa. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.14, pp.529-534.  Epub 16-Ago-2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i14.166.

The use of cell phones by health care personnel has become a daily occurrence in both social and professional life, which is used without restrictions or care to disinfect them and, therefore, constitutes a source of contamination for intrahospital infections. In addition, cell phones are constantly handled by health personnel without adequate disinfection after use, so they can be contaminated with bacteria present on the skin and hands (transient flora and resident flora). Objective. To measure the level of dependence on the use of cell phones by professionals in a hospital in Pucallpa. Materials and methods. Research of non-experimental design, of descriptive level, since it describes the dependence to cell phone use of health professionals of the Regional Hospital of Pucallpa in 2021; of transversal type, by measuring the variable in a single moment; and prospective; the sample consisted of 212 health professionals of the Regional Hospital of Pucallpa. A questionnaire with multiple alternatives and value assignment was applied. Results. A total of 59.4% (126) of them qualified with little dependence; 32.1% (68) of them qualified as very dependent; and 8.5% (18) qualified as not dependent at all. Conclusions. The predominant sociodemographic characteristics were: female gender (69.8%); age group 41 years or older (59.4%); the service where they worked was emergency (18.9%), and marital status was married (49.1%). Regarding dependence on cell phone use, more than half (59.4%) rated their dependence as low.

Palabras clave : Dependence on cell phone use; health professionals.

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